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Hi Lads what do you think of this list I have put together?
I know it has some flaws but I only have these models to work with.
Ideally i would have a KFF but he has not arrived in mail yet so i went for a meat shield instead.

HQ
Warboss: 120pts
power klaw
attack squig
eavy armour
cybork body
bosspole

Big mek: 100pts
shokk attack gun
eavy armour

Fast Attack
3 Deffkoptas TLR PK: 160pts
2 Deffkoptas TLR: 90pts

Elites
8 lootas: 120pts

8 lootas: 120pts

Troops:
5 nobs: 255pts
painboy
cybork bodies
'eavy armour
2 pks
2 shoota/skorch combi weapons
Waaagh! banner

20 shoota boys: 170pts
pk, bosspole nob
2 big shootas

20 shoota boys: 170pts
pk, bosspole nob
2 big shootas

20 shoota boys: 170pts
pk, bosspole nob
2 big shootas

20 shoota boys: 170pts
pk, bosspole nob
2 big shootas

20 gretchin: 80pts
2 runt herders

8 gretchin: 24pts

total: 1749pts

Oh yeah, pretty nice overall. I just question what the deffkoptas bring to the table. With 5 rokkits between them I can't imagine them targeting anything over AV12, so in that regard the fire power of the lootas would perform better.
What I'd suggest is dropping both of them and getting an ADL for the lootas and another unit of 20 boys. Maybe take a quad gun and reshuffle the squad if you want.

edit: changed can to can't

I played this list tonight against space marines.
It played OK but I felt like my boyz should of been in squads of 30 because they soon got whittled down and failed their morale checks.
My lootaz did nothing again due to my bad rolling.
My war boss made the charge but all his entourage died on the way in.
The deffkoptas actually did well once they came in from reserve destroying one of his vindicators.
I really enjoyed the game and I feel with better rolling I would of done OK.

Again my shokk attack gun was amazing killing Marines and a vindicator

What would be very scary in this list would be putting your warboss and nobz on warbikes, that way you have an incredibly fast moving threat that the enemy has to deal with, is durable and can put out a LOT of damage

Well bad rolling is a bit lame, but I would think it better to keep squads of 20. They still take a decent amount of firepower to whittle down, and they can go on to more objectives as there is more units. Unless you're just doing kill all. Typically nob units aren't fabulous, so another option for your warboss's entourage is
30 boys : 225pts
pk, bp nob
3 big shootas

gives you way more wounds and would probably do more in CC. Only lost 1 pk as well. I dont have any particular suggestions for the other 30pts though, more gretchin?

For only 5 more points your warboss can have a 2+ armor save with mega armor.
Put nobs on bikes now, foot nobs just aren't what they used to be.
I use deffkoptas in all my lists, in 6th they can glance to death even av14. But my favorite use for them is killing thunder canons .

I just felt like after a pie plate or 2 and some shooting they were running thin on numbers,Before being within a respectable charge distance. I did want to avoid vehicles but I may start looking into biker nobz.

Would a warboss in mega armor not slow the foot slog down?

Whats with the 8 gretchn? They dont have a runt herd and are the 7th troop choice and you have to take at least 10. Also you can save 13 points but cutting a grot and a runtherd on the legal gretchin unit.

Im a subscriber to 30 boyz per unit , and I think you should ditch the nobz, and the powerklaw on the deff kopta. As you already said, a force field is better than a warbossso try to swap that around. Id spend any extra points on aegis line and lootas.

but apart from that its all good in my opinion.

There just tekkies and assistants I used as a meat shield for the SAG. Oh OK cool I'm actually selling a bunch of stuff on eBay so I might invest in a adl with the funds. How many lootaz would you use?

Thanks for the advice gentlemen

What I meant was that the unit was illegal because of stated points.

As for lootas, I take as many as possible I normaly take 2 units of 9 and a dakkajet or 3 units of 9

Aegis defence line is awesome, for the SAG you want a unit of big guns for cheap T7 ablative wounds.

Oh OK I understand mate.

What do you use as your unit of big guns?

Always kannons. Cheap and versatile.

How many dude?

K so I got myself 2 dakka jets, how should I write the list now for 1750 points?